CURRICULUM VITAE OF CLAIRE HALPIN
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1997-1998
1992-1996
1991-1992
Claire Halpin
Stoney Batter Studio, 32 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
www.stoneybatterstudio.com
EMAIL: clairo.halpin@gmail.com
087 6579271
DATE OF BIRTH:
24 June 1973
Dublin. Ireland
NATIONALITY:
Irish
Masters in Art and Design [Painting]
Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Advanced Diploma in Fine Art [Painting]
Dublin Institute of Technology, Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1.
Certificate in Art and Design
Colaiste Dhulaigh, Coolock, Dublin 5.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
May -June 2010: Solo Exhibition, RUA Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght.
2008
Always Now, Talbot Gallery, Talbot Street, Dublin 1.
2006
Eidetic Amalgams, Basement Gallery, Dundalk, Co.Louth
2004
Patina, Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon.
2001
Solo X 5, Model Arts Centre, Sligo.
Engram Fragments, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.
1999
Still, Monaghan County Museum and Gallery.
Ingrained, Sligo Arts Festival, The Cottage Restaurant, Sligo.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Christmas 200, Canvas Gallery, Belfast
Miniatures Exhibition, An Clachán, Donegal
Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Roscommon.
Everything changes, nothing stays the same, Talbot Gallery, Talbot Street, Dublin.
Art On The Hill, Dungannon Arts Festival, Dungannon, Co.Tyrone
Drawing Eire, 411 Galleries, Shanghai, China.
2008
Treat 08, Talbot Gallery, Talbot Street, Dublin.
About Time, Stone Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin.
178th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin.
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Titanic Quarter, Belfast.
Wexford Opera Festival Exhibition, Wexford.
VISIT 08, Studio Open Day, Stoney Batter Studio, 32 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7
2007
2006
Treat 07, Talbot Gallery, Talbot Street, Dublin 1.
VISIT 06, Studio Open Day, Stoney Batter Studio, 32 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7
Summer Gathering, Stone Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin
2005
Small Works, Cross Gallery, Francis Street, Dublin
Christmas Show, Stone Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin
Opening Show, Stone Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin
Surface Tension, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co.Wicklow.*
New Work from Stoney Batter Studio, Custom House Studio, Westport, Co. Mayo
Ordinary Spaces, Glencree Arts Centre, Co. Wicklow.*
2004
Full Circle, Temple Bar Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Christmas Group Show, Norman Villa Gallery, Galway.
Blueprint, Stoney Batter Studio, 32 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7.*
Pure Potential, Arthouse, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
2003
Chimera, Tinahely Courthouse Arts Centre, Wicklow.
Tincture, South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, Tipperary.
50/50, Temple Bar Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Multiple Choice, Stoney Batter Studio, 32 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7.*
Figure It Out, Appleloft Gallery, Easkey, Co.Sligo.
6 X 6 for Ireland, 411 Gallery, Hangzhou City, China/ Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China.
Ground - Stoney Batter Studio Group Show, Galway Arts Centre, Galway.
Ground - Stoney Batter Studio Group Show, Market Place Arts Centre, Armagh.
2002
20/20, Temple Bar Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Trespass, Stoney Batter Studio, 32 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7.*
Summer Exhibition, Mrua Gallery, Bellharbour, Co.Clare.
2001
Victor Treacy Award, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny.
Tracks, Stoney Batter Studio, 32 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7.*
Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co.Mayo.
Stoney Batter Studio Group Show, Mrua Gallery, Bellharbour, Co.Clare.
Irish Artist Exchange, Erin Devine Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
2000
Crawford Open, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork.
Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co.Mayo.
Drawing Exhibition, Mrua Gallery, Bellharbour, Co.Clare.
45p: Postcards from Ireland, Bingo Hall, Brooklyn, New York.
Stoney Batter Studio Exhibition, 32 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7.**
Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival, St. Patrick’s College, Carlow.
Scoip 2000, Siamsa Tire Arts Centre, Tralee, Co.Kerry.
1999
Quadrant 99, Four Emerging Artists, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick.
Cork Art Trail, Guys Coal Quay, Cork.
Flitting, A 360 Contemporary Arts Project, Aberdeen/ Vancouver.
Work in Progress, MA Group Exhibition, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen.*
Everything OK?, MA Group Exhibition, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen.*
Student Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
Grays Art Society, Aberdeen Arts Centre, Aberdeen.
Iontas Small Works Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery, RHA Gallery, Dublin,
Limerick City Art Gallery, Foyle Arts Centre, Derry.
The Cutting Edge, D.I.T Final Year Exhibition, Riverside Exhibition Centre, Dublin.*
D.I.T Art Society Exhibition, Irish Life Centre, Dublin.*
1998
1997
1996
1994-1996
*
Denotes exhibitions I helped to organise and curate.
**
I am a founder member of Stoney Batter Studio, an artists’ group studio based in Dublin.
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
June 2010
Georgia Residency, 1 month residency funded by Udarás, Donegal
2008
K&M Evans Painting Award, 178th R.H.A Annual Exhibition
SIM, Artist’s Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2003-2010
IMMA Artists Panel
2001
Victor Treacy Award Nominee
Arts Council Studio Rent Grant
2000
Adjudicators Award, Claremorris Open Exhibition
1998
6 month residency, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Arts Council Art Flight Award
COLLECTIONS: Works in private and public collections including: AXA Insurance, A.I.B Art Collection
(AIB Art 2 Catalogue 2002), O.P.W, The Four Seasons Hotel, Clarion Hotels, Blackrock Hospice
Foundation, Smirnoff Collection, D.I.T Art Collection and Dundalk County Council Collection.
COMMISSIONS: Private and public commissions including St. Kilian’s Senior School Per Cent for Art
Scheme (2007) and Carton House Hotel (2006).